TEHRAN - The French foreign minister arrived in Tehran on Wednesday, the latest in a string of visits by officials from European countries seeking closer economic and political ties with Iran after Iran and major powers clinched a nuclear agreement last month.

TEHRAN -- Over five million foreign tourists have visited Iran since the beginning of Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2015) Director of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) Massud Soltanifar has said.

TEHRAN – Iran exported more than 3.1 million tons of petrochemical products, worth $870 million, in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21, the Shana news agency reported on Saturday.

TEHRAN – The volume of goods transited by the Iranian rail network jumped by 109 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, which began on March 21, said Ane-Mohammad Gharavi, chairman of the transit committee at the Iranian Railways Company.

VIENNA - A senior Iranian official is accusing the U.S. of violating the nuclear deal with his country through comments indicating that the accord would make any attack on Tehran’s atomic program more efficient because it would result in greater insight about potential targets, the Daily Mail reported.

TEHRAN - Peyman Kargar, the chief executive officer of Iran’s Renault Pars Company, as well as the vice president of Renault for Africa, Middle East, and India region, rejected news that the French automaker left Iran in the wake of West-led sanctions against the country.

If you want a sense of whether Congress will or won’t stop the Iran deal from going forward, a good place to start is with Dem Rep. Eliot Engel of New York. As one of the most pro-Israel members of Congress and a well-respected voice on foreign affairs, he is one of a small number of House Dems who will be lobbied hard by supporters and opponents of the accord — and will be closely watched for clues as to whether enough House Democrats will stick with Obama to sustain his veto of the expected GOP measure.